#C98938#C98938

#C98938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C98938
RGB	rgb(201, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 17.14, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 54.24, 71.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.044 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.123 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7493, 30.5973, 7.8690)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C98938 #3878C9

analogous

#C94038 #C98938 #C1C938

triadic

#C98938 #38C989 #8938C9

tetradic

#C98938 #38C940 #3878C9 #C938C1

square

#C98938 #38C940 #3878C9 #C938C1

split-complementary

#C98938 #38C1C9 #4038C9

monochromatic

#6A481D #9A682A #C98938 #D6A668 #E3C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C98938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C98938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C98938

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C98938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C98938	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c98938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deab73',
    500: '#c98938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c98938;
$custom-light: #deab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c98938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.517,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68015,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C98938

secondary

#8EABCF

accent

#8BE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C98938

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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